| Silver in London: The Parker and Wakelin Partnership, 1760-1776 Contributor(s): Clifford, Helen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300103891 ISBN-13: 9780300103892 Publisher: Bard Graduate Center OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2004 Annotation: The firm of Parker and Wakelin was the foremost silversmith in London for much of the eighteenth century, supplying royalty, aristocracy, and gentry with both domestic and ceremonial plate. This fascinating book draws on the firm's records for this period to provide a remarkable account of patrons and their purchases and to investigate the social and economic structures on which the firm depended, revealing new information about the complex web of out-workers with specialist skills and raising questions of authorship. Beautifully illustrated, the book is both a social history of consumption in Georgian London and an investigation into the world of working men and women at that time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Sculpture & Installation - Art | European |
| Dewey: 739.230 |
| LCCN: 2004009153 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 8.98" W x 10.98" (2.85 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The firm of Parker and Wakelin was the foremost silversmith in London for much of the eighteenth century, supplying royalty, aristocracy, and gentry with both domestic and ceremonial plate. This fascinating book draws on the firm's records for this period to provide a remarkable account of patrons and their purchases and to investigate the social and economic structures on which the firm depended, revealing new information about the complex web of out-workers with specialist skills and raising questions of authorship. Beautifully illustrated, the book is both a social history of consumption in Georgian London and an investigation into the world of working men and women at that time. |